Coke-quenching apparatus.



ipoiviiLn {M CDONALD, or

PATENT ITFICE.

LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

l'ffficoKEl-QUENCHING APPARATUS.

Be it known that'I; DoiNALD MCDONALD, a citizen ofthe United State s ,-res'ding in Louis ville, in the county ofJeiferson :and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gelre-Quenching Apparatus, of which ythe following is a specication.

This invention reiates'jtofcoke aenching or' .ar'pbjppbtoimprove that type 4,of teaching-.apparatus in which the cokeisl lacedinaquenchngbin and then delivered? to car or other" conveying apparatus.-

A further'object isto provide a means for collecting the hot. Water which discharges from the quenching-bin.

Other and further objects vwill a pear in the following descri tion and will e more particularly pointe out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,.Figure'1`is a sectional view through a portion of a retort-'house employing my invention, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view at 1right angles to the view shown in Fig. 1.

Referring'more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the retorts, arranged in vertical rows, as usual. Below each vertical row or bench is arranged a bin 2, the top of which is on a level with the top 'of the main floor 3 of the gas-works and is closed byy a pair of doors 4 and 5, hinged at 6 and 7 to opposite sides ofthe bins. The door 4, which is nearer the vertical row of retqrts or bench, swings upwardly and 'rests upon a su port 8, which holds it at the proper angle to orm a slide or to the bin. h

verse direction a platform upon which thel stokers may Walk to iill tlieretorts, the platform at the same time serving to prevent coal falling in the bin. The bins 2 depend into the cellar 13 the middle thereof, is a spraypipe 15, which connects with a pipe 16, commento all the 'Specification-of Letters Patent. flt'pglieation tiled' March 9,

PatentedOct. 9. 1906. 1906. Serial No. 305,165-

bins, the latter pipe 16 receiving its supply 4from a pipe 17. The spray-pipe 15 1n this position produces a complete spraying of the coke and does not interfere with the passage of the coke to and from the bin. The lower end 'of the door 1() does not extend coinpletely to the end of the wall Q, so thatl a water-discharge 18 is provided. Each discharge delivers onto an inclined plate '19, located above the fioor of the cellar of the retort-house and beneath each bin 2 and in turn discharging into a trough 20, common to all of the bins. These inclined plates are hinged at 21 at their lower ends to the trough, so as to be movable to permit the discharge of the coke from the bin, and are supported in a raised position at their upper ends by hooks 22, which engage projection thereon and are suspended from the -beams 24,. sustaining the iloor 3.

The operation of the lows: During the lling usual manner the doors invention is as folof the retorts in the b e apparatus. In passing thereroin it i rops upon door 5 and slides into thc bin. While the hot coke is quenched by'water from and the steam resulting ished,

e doors remain closed and the coke remains in the bins for several hours, until it is cooled and dried, the cooling and drying in the presence of steam greatly improving its ap earance. The water 'after quenching the co e discharges through outlet 18 onto the inclined plate 19, from which it passes into trough 20, which leads to any suitableoutlet. In this manner all the hot Wateris conducted outside of the retort-house, and the hot Water does not drop to the loor and make steam, which is a positive nuisance. The water as 1t flows from the trough contains some breeze and dirt, which being heavy settles out of it immediately, clear and ready to be pumped up and used over again if the cost of the Water justifies it, in this Way effecting a great economy of Water. During the draining if the ook the leaving the water clean and.v

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retorts are refilled, and after the draining the inclined plates are drop ed downwardly, as shown in dotted lines, 1, and the doors 10 opened, permitting the coke tol be discharged into'the car.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. The combination with the'retorts, of a bin located to receive material from the retorts, a hinged closure adapted to swinglto- Ward the retorts to form a chute, and a hinged closure adapted to swing away from the retorts to form a guard.

2. The combination With the retorts, the cellar below the retorts, and the main floor, of a bin suspended from the main floor to receive the coke Jfrom the retorts, and means arranged above the floor of the cellar o the retort-house to catch the hot Water discharged from the bin. Y

3. The combination with the retorts,pof a bin, located to receive the coke from the retorts, and means arranged above the floor of the cellar of the retort-house to catch the hot 'Water discharged from the bin; said means being movable to permit the discharge ofthe coke from the bin.

4. The combination With' the retorts, of a bin located to receive the coke from the retorts, and a movable plate receiving the hot Water dischar ed from the bin.

-5. The com ination with the retorts, of` a bin located t'o receive the coke from the retorts, and a hinged plate receiving the hot Water discharged from the bin.

6. The combination with the retorts, of a bin located to receive the coke from the retorts, a trough, a plate hinged below the bin to the trough, and means for holding the upper end ofthe platein a raised position.

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